(EP31) Extreme Weather on NZ's South Island - HubNut Goes Global
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2024
- Dodging landslips and torrential weather, the roadtrip hits the very wet West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. My steed is a 2001 Ford Fairmont (Falcon) AU.
This is a long one, but it charters a frustrating few days where severe weather caused me some real problems. I was lucky though. This weather front destroyed roads (I'd already driven down) and caused serious flooding elsewhere on South Island. At one point, the island was split in two completely with roads washed away.
It also includes Franz Josef Glacier (at a distance) but mostly rain. Many rain.
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Shame that rain wasn't falling on Australia.
I totay agree . Pity it wasnt possable to pump sea water to the affected areas to at least put the fires out then get drinkable water in afterwards .
My first thoughts.......
It was probably Australian water baked away.
Ian Innes It really bugs me that every year they have the same trouble to some extent.yet they don’t do anything to help themselves.why can’t they bring in some kind of water pump system from the sea .....I wish them well
Paul Dashwood You think we just need to install some kind of sea-fed sprinkler system, but we are too lazy to do it?
That was one of my favourite ever Hubnut videos. That country is amazing and I'm glad we're all along for the ride and seeing it with you. 👍
Keep smiling Ian. Like how you are honest in these videos about everything inc your state of mind. Really enjoying the vids but be sure to look after yourself first. We will all wait patiently and understand! Keep well.
I did chuckle when you exclaimed "Stop it Betty!", reminded me of watching Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em, when I was a kid.
@@RussEdgar445y7tlfj Some HubNuts do Have Em.
I don't care what order these videos are in its just enjoyable watching reports on New Zealand.
With rain like that all you need to do to clean your car is add soap and watch it go.
I must have watched this patiticular vlog more than two dozen times now. The combination of driving and the wild weather is very relaxing for me. Hubnut does ASMR. Also Jan 2020 oh how simple life was then.
The last time I was at Franz Josef Glacier 35 years ago it was about a 5-minute-walk from the car park to the glacier face, it's receded that much ! And gorgeous west coast summer weather to go with it - guaranteed to rain every day! 😀
So glad you'd had a headliner fitted by then otherwise the rain would left us with a deaf HubNut.
Iron man! Firstly, what a "wonderful bit of kit", think that's what you'd call it, is little miss Betty! Comfort, power and by the looks of that last bit, attitude! Thanks for showing us these bits where you were down considerably, if nothing else it makes us appreciate you more for your efforts! Stay safe old son. Cheers
Thanks Mr Hubnut - another video that shows NZ quirks warts and all - the weather and roads can upset all our plans and that can be so frustrating - well done in coping with that - you are providing brilliant travel / vehicle videos - take your time and enjoy your days
My goodness, what a deluge. That said, I find mist-shrouded mountains quite beautiful, and they reminded me of a trip to Alaska several years ago. Once again, thanks so much for taking us along! I’ll never be able to make the trip myself, and seeing New Zealand through your eyes is definitely a treat.
WOW that rain reminds me of my short stays near the mountains of wales, as a londoner i'd never seen horizontal rain before.
On the subject of wipers, i like it when they come to a gentle rest rather than slap to a stop, well done Betty.
At 14:56 is a good time to take in Betty's aerodynamics, and they look prettty good to me!
At 23:32 great scene with the sunlit field and dark sky, one of my favourite photos i took in the 80s is a rooftop version of that.
At 13:10 like the yellow blue colour coordination of the escargo and the house. Great stuff Ian as always.
Talk about contrasts! Who'd a thunk it, weather like that in NZ! Many thanks for sharing HubNut.
That town he went through at one point (Reefton ) gets an average of 81 inches of rain a year, I've just looked it up on Wikipedia, and Hokitika averages about 112. Hubnut wasn't kidding about the west coast of S. Island being "very wet."
Fantastic content as always, that 30 minutes flew threw thanks Ian i thoroughly enjoyed that, hope the mighty steed wasn't too badly stuck maybe a bit of wood under the rear wheels could help get it going again
I can't tell you how much i enjoyed this video! It was a real adventure. 🤔 😃
All these travelogues out of order - it’s almost like you’re making your own Tarantino movie!
There's a good reason for it
Ians clips need more blonde females in yellow leathers :=
When I have my wiper on the highest setting in my Merc 190 it rocks the car.
Its is good to see an honest report. The world through rose-coloured spectacles is unreal.
Nice to talk to you at Whangamomona pub on Sunday 5th. Hope your journey continues well.
Drove the Arthur and Lewis passes early last year. Beautiful country. My Lewis pass trip was on a 39 degree celsius day, when I arrived in Culverden, the roads were starting to melt...
Take a break dude! We love you!
I loved NZ. What a beautiful place and such nice people.
"I’m stuck.....oh dear”.. Could you imagine being in Tuk, and getting caught in that rain storm..😬😬😬😬
Great video! You certainly got all the weathers! The south pacific can be like that...
Press On...your viewers love all of it!
My wife and I toured NZ south island late 2006 the scenic trip from Christchurch to queenstown completely spoiled by weather like that (and a speeding fine). Although our trip north to graymouth was clear. We stopped at a beach with washed up trees at the end of the hast pass probably the same as where you stopped. We did the fox glacier by helicopter definitely a highlight. We were going to do the tour by motorcycle but changed our minds at the last minute. Hired a corolla (yawn). When we got back to Christchurch we did hire a suzuki 650 adventure thing for three days. Cost me more for it than 2 weeks for the toyota? Anyhow we rode to Arthurs pass, hannam springs, kikoura on it. Great videos you are doing I've recognised loads of places you've visited.
Blimey! We take it for granted roads just don't get cut off by landslides etc here in the UK. Its mad to think a whole big section of a country can just get cut off in a matter of hours.
Epic stuff, glad you and Betty didn't get squished by those boulders! Safe travels mate.
That was some extreme rainfall. Spectacular scenery nevertheless. Shows you don't need sunshine for somewhere to be beautiful. Thank goodnes Betty has good wipers & you put some good tyres on.
A journey with obstacles makes the challenge even greater.
I do like a good storm!
The Ford is proving a hardy motor. 💪👌
I thought British Columbia was very beautiful but New Zealand is on a whole other level with the valleys, mountain ranges and just the sheer contrast from one area to another. I may just change my country I wish to visit.
You won't be disappointed, world class aviation displays and museums and of course the most spectacular scenery. Going back to omaka in 2021. South Island.
'im falling behind' ahhhh c'mon Ian, your not falling behind anything, your own health comes before any video, I enjoy all the videos, but find it a challenge to keep up sometimes :)
Trying to keep up to imagined deadlines is one of the major cause of tourist accidents in both New Zealand and in Australia, tired, in a hurry, unfamiliar roads, not a good mix.
My advice to Ian, mate, those places haven't changed in 10,000 years, a day or two later won't matter, they'll still be there.
@Dynamo Dalston No but it is life. When you are over focused on being some where on a certain date and everything turns brown it's easy to get frustrated. Ian needs to learn the NZ / Australia mind set.
Myeh always tomorrow. Plans are made to be changed.
Real life is not always sunshine and flowers. I am for reality. What you see is what happened, good or not.
@@HubNut No complaints here Ian, I used to solo travel a lot for work and holidays. I know how annoying it can be to have carefully arranged plans with customers expecting you at arranged times all thrown through the brown fan when something unexpected happens. It used to worry me a lot, you do your best, be sincere, don't BS and most people are good with it.
@@HubNut I have much experience with depressions. Take it easy, or else You will pay for it. Don't do more than you can handle. It takes much more time to get out of a depression than getting in😉😊
Crikey, what an adventure ! 👍
Well, that was an interesting few spots of condensation. Glad you're safe though.
And at last I've caught up with your videos (except for many of your early ones, but hey, ho..) after giving you a miss for a month. That'll (probably not) teach me! Thanks, Ian.
Nothing like some rubbish weather to get you down! We have one of those gizmos to use our MP3 player in our car. Setting the MP3 player volume to maximum (I had to google this as the max volume had been locked (It was illegal to have maximum volume in the EU!)), and also the gizmo's volume to maximum, really helped with the engine interference. The new camera setup you are using in your car is producing really excellent quality footage. Love those antique toilets in the Pub! Thank you for the update. :-)
That was such a great video Ian. Against all that adversity, you still came out with a corker!
Fox Glacier looked minty. Looking forward to your beach folly!
Falcon / Fairlane AU sedan has a 68L fuel system.
Nerd out 👍
I thought 64. Oh well. I know my AU took 80 but it had a bigger tank & HD tow pack. Never had oversteer. The car was really under rated & mechanically really sound compared to the BA I think.
Thanks I was trying to look it up.
@@2DogsVlogs agree they are excellent cars. The live axile is a limitation on those wet roads, but probably what you wanted for heavy towing. I had a number of Falcons as rental cars in Central Queensland and always thought they were the perfect car for Australia. Cars like the Camery and its rivals were well past their comfort zone out west.
Interesting. My bf ute claims 70, but I have put 72 in it, so that can't be right... still got a live axle, but handles fairly well.
I’d been looking forward to this video and it didn’t disappoint. Epic on all counts! Amazing luck getting through the west coast before all the road closures...
The rain is what makes New Zealand so beautiful green and lush, compared to Australia ;-)
It is truly spectacular, must get across the ditch again soon
Indeed. I've driven past bushfires near Napier...
There are many rainforests in Australia...
New Zealand sure loves one-lane bridges!
I have a feeling you will suffer withdrawals from basic but grunty old cruisers when you get home . . . A trip to the States with an old Caddy or three should cure it when the time is right, or perhaps Canada aye, things are a bit more relaxed there !
Take it easy brother, relax... we'll still be here when you come back...chill bro 😎👍
Sometimes it's good to sit back and watch the river flow for a wee while 😎🤘
Is Kiwi rain as wet as the rain of Cymru? Please take it easy and enjoy the beautiful scenery. A good way to cut down the workload is to just make 2 min vids for a while. You provide great content and good virtual company so a 2 min update once a week or so will keep the scoreboard ticking over.
Thanks again what a great video a lot of rain we could certainly use some here in North Canterbury please keep vloging enjoy everyone of your videos and your approach to daily life great stuff. :):):)
Ahhh west coast rain, it comes down in sheets alright. Sometimes for days at a time. Slips are very common. Hope you got to experience some great west coast hospitality, it is a beautiful part of the country despite it's extreme weather sometimes.
Even more splendour. Made more so by the raging weather. I don't think you will experience such rain on the east coast of Aus, but in Melbourne, anything is possible :-) Thanks again.
47 Celsius in Sydney last Saturday Ian. Bring some with please!
I'd say the Welsh weather missed you so much, it all gathered itself up, packed its' bags and joined you on holiday in one big lump... :P
I got stuck on Black Rock Sands once! A very embarrassing episode. Love the extreme weather and the amazing colours it brings. Stay safe and well.
it's all part of the fun, part of the adventure!
Mountains, glaciers, clouds, landslides and barely contained despair - motoring at its bravest!
Incredibile! We have been having such weather here, although not that extreme. Snow melting, rain for days, flooding.
And I have been in that kind of rain where it is coming down that hard, you know you are in for flooding. So glad you are okay.
Thankyou! I enjoyed my armchair roadtrip! I havent been to the West Coast for years. I love the drama of the landscape and the weather. There's nothing else like it in NZ. You were extremely lucky with your timing...getting through Haast especially. Im glad you didn't end up under a massive boulder. Motorists have met tragic ends in the past. Shame about Arthur's Pass being closed though. Looking forward to your next upload!!
Slight correction - 68L tank, not 50L. Fun fact: the AU utes are an 82L tank but you can install 140L tanks available aftermarket! Thanks for the great video :)
The Scargo at 13:15 is perhaps the one donating some parts for our new project.
Thank,you for showing me so much of the west coast of my own country. Very interesting as I have never been down that side
At least you got to test Betty's wipers thoroughly. ;)
If you will ever visit Norway, you will find the weather looking remarkably like New Zealand's South Island west coast, only colder. But the scenery is just as stunning.
i love rainy weather! this was very enjoyable to watch
Amazing video one of your best yet for me.
A nice video as always; many thanks. IMO it's nice driving on empty roads for a few hours but after a few days, especially long days, it just becomes boring. When the scenery is this good you can't fully appreciate whilst driving. I'm sure it must be very frustrating to have interesting destinations and road tests organised and planned with other people only to be thwarted by extreme weather. Yes; weather on the west coast is pretty awful much of the time but you don't expect it this bad at the height of summer.
However, it's all future memories for your life ahead.
You could have spent the last couple of months commuting to the same job everyday performing uninteresting work that you have little if any control over.
Weeks merge into years if you live like that.
What part of Scotland is that 😂
Yup. That's the south island weather I remember. There aren't many commercial car washes - for obvious reasons.
Take care of yourself. As a thatcher refugee I understand the overload that Oz/NZ can put on someone from N. Wales.
Sensory overload. Best cure, a nice warm fireplace and a cold beer.
Being in Minnesota USA in January, I'm thinking, at least it's not snow. Last November we got stuck in a blizzard in Billings Montana coming back from Yellowstone. Our one night turned into a two night stay. At times you couldn't see more than 100 feet (30 meters).
Into every life a little rain must fall. It's actually great to watch on video. Reminds me of Llanberis Pass and the road from Beddgelert to Caernarfon, with the railway.
"Fox Glazier" Do you fancy a mint?
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
What a crafty old fox!
Where was the bear ?
Scrolled for this comment, was not disappointed 😂👍🏻
Tone. Back of the net
"Have you seen the coast road yet?"
"I wasn't planning on it."
"Sometimes our best adventures are unscheduled."
Great video love the views of New Zealand
I visited NZ in 2017 in April. Made it down to Pancake Rocks in a dense fog and gave up trying to get further south at Greymouth where the TV weather said the bad weather was due to a tropical cyclone leaving Australia. I returned to Picton where the mountains were keeping the weather out. While staying at the Picton Yacht Club, we experienced 2 earthquakes, one a 5.3 and I don't remember the other. By the time I left, another tropical cyclone was on the way. Did enjoy Picton and will be back and I have a mate in Wellington, regardz from Thailand.
I was very disappointed that there wasn't a polar bear on Fox Glacier but I suppose it's a bit too far south.
Lovely Jubbly I had fears of you doing a Neil Kinnock moment when that wave came in Mr HubNut. I'm sure Wales has had some rain like that since you left to.
Narrow escape from that wave at 8:13 Ian! :P
Also, wow...that view at 27:56....phenomenal!
Because of the mountains between the West Coast and Canterbury in the east, the rain shadow effect means the West Coast is the Wet Coast, and the east gets much less. When you filmed this on the West Coast, a few hundred km away in Nelson we were having a drought - only eased in April/May
Yes, couldn't believe it when I headed back towards Christchurch. Bone dry and scorched earth!
Dont know if its been said too many comments to scroll through. I think that's the first time ever to hear a bleeped out expletive from you! Clearly you was mega stressed and stretched. Am in your paradise area ish now. Working in Wales. Abercastle...take care bud.
Hi Ian,what a wet and windy video LOL,a bit like the UK in a way,then the weather changed to the sun, the landslides didn't get in your way thankfully.
The train was the Tranz Alpine. I live in Christchurch and nice to see you filming down here. I once lived in Franz. You used to be able to walk very close to the glacier. Global warming has melted it back. Lucky it was raining. More sandflies about otherwise. :)
The town of Fox Glacier looked mint.
The train looked like the TranzAlpine which runs from Christchurch to Greymouth and return daily. I can't be 100% sure as I don't know your exact location.
How loud would that rain have been without the roof liner you bought
I live in Oregon and owned a car without a headliner, It's an ear ringing, tinnitus causing bedlam.
Those of us who were born by the water could see where that wave at around 8:00 was going to end up, old friend! I thought you were going to do a Kinnock for a moment there... ;-)
Looks pretty typical for the West Coast, although you do seem to have had everything all at once! If it's any consolation, their winters are usually quite mild, while on the East coast in Canterbury (other side of the Southern Alps) the winters are usually quite shite. Haast Pass and driving down through the Gates of Hell are lovely bits of driving road. When they stay upright and don't fall over into a river, that is.
So many people have commented that the roads of NZ look just like Wales...
I've been catching up on some older Hubnut videos - just watched the first couple of the Skoda Favorit series and I have had the same observation in reverse - "Those Welsh roads look just like New Zealand..."
Betty: faster than a speeding train!
Looks like Scotland in mid summer which does drag one down. Hope blue tooth things says "tha blootooth davice iz cochnekeded" with some of these you get more interference if you charge and play a device at the same time disconnecting USB charging bit helps abit but alas no charging. All the best and happy new year from Scotland. Was 18 degs here mid winter here and quite sunny for a day or two
I love the weather like that
Beautiful scenery. Defo looking a great place to visit.
The average yearly rainfall in Fiordland (just south of Hubnut's travels here) can be as much as 8 metres, or twenty four feet.
Stunning scenery, I see what you mean about feeling off, with the weather. By now I expect you are okay, if not just stop, where ever you may be, talk, walk, watch TV have a tea and cake at a local Cafe.
On a mountain road, driving towards a digger thing. That usually doesn't end well, though as you weren't in a red Lamborghini, it's probably ok.
Ian, you are on the West Coast. Of course it rains there. They get 200 inches of it each year. In metric that is 5m of rain. That's a lot of wet.
A lot of Warren trusses got made during WW2 as temporary bridges, especially after D-Day to replace ones that got blown up. New Zealand's government did lots of canny buying of war surplus - lots of those trusses got used for rural bridges in New Zealand. You can see a bunch of them at 3:10, for example. WW2 surplus still in use.
Would have thought you would have felt right at home with all that rain just like north wales
I used to live on the west coast. Rained a lot. Moved to western Australia. It doesn't rain a lot, and is hot.
Bloomin crikey! What a lot of weather. Some serious disaster movie scenes in that one. Be careful out there.
18:37 typewriter spotted!
Happy HubNut !
Yeah, he doesn't stay no place without a typewriter.
What standards !
There was me thinking the Horizontal Rain we have had in Wales has been bad lately!!!
Hope you are feeling rested and relaxed after your Christmas and New Year break.
All that wiper action . Woooooooo
"OH FOR FOX LAKE!!" yell that really loud and see the looks ye'll get, lol.
4:54 Gorillas in the mist ref made me laugh. My grandfather took me to see that at the movies and slept through it all.
You're doing a great job, take a break, write a list, take another break, do one thing, take a break, make a list. Repeat.
Falcons usually have a 70 litre tank, and usually gives between 500-600km. So I'm pretty impressed with 50 litres for 500km.
I don't trust the fuel gauge, so even though I've now got this car in the UK, I still tend to fill up at around 50 litres. She did 500kms on 50 litres yesterday in fact!